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Measures included depression, anxiety, somatic symptoms, mindfulness, mind wandering, alexithymia, quality of life, and attachment style. Primary feasibility outcomes indicated high acceptability and participant satisfaction, good physiological tolerance and full adherence. Secondary exploratory analyses suggested within-person reductions in depressive symptoms and alexithymia, while somatic symptoms decreased notably by follow-up. Mindfulness increased and was maintained over time, while mind wandering displayed a probable long-term decrease. Psychological quality of life improved and remained elevated, whereas physical, social, and environmental quality-of-life domains showed uncertain trends. Trait anxiety decreased post-intervention but returned toward baseline at follow-up, while state anxiety and attachment styles remained stable. Within pilot design limits, mindful walking may be a feasible intervention for older adults, associated with exploratory within-person patterns suggesting possible improvements in certain psychological outcomes, which should be interpreted as preliminary and descriptive signals pending confirmation in controlled trials. 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